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I presume you mean for a bullet? The casing allows the bullet to grip the internal rifling of the barrel without shearing the soft lead of the bullet. The tip helps the bullet expand upon impact allowing all the energy of the moving bullet to be passed on to the thing you have pointed the gun at.

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Q: What is the function of the metal casing and tip?
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